Philpot Benjamin D, Espinosa Juan S, Bear Mark F
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
J Neurosci. 2003 Jul 2;23(13):5583-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-13-05583.2003.
Sensory deprivation alters the properties of synaptic plasticity induced in the superficial layers of the visual cortex, facilitating long-term potentiation and reducing long-term depression (LTD) across a range of stimulation frequencies. Available data are compatible with either a downregulation of the mechanisms of LTD or an upregulation of NMDA receptor function in the visual cortex of dark-reared animals. Here, we provide evidence for enhanced NMDA receptor function by showing that deprivation produces a horizontal shift in the frequency-response function, decreasing LTD in response to 1 Hz stimulation, but increasing LTD in response to 0.5 Hz stimulation. In addition, we show that the effects of dark-rearing on the frequency dependence of LTD can be reversed acutely by partial NMDA receptor blockade. Finally, we show that an in vivo manipulation that rapidly downregulates NMDA receptor function in the visual cortex, brief light exposure, also rapidly reverses the effect of dark-rearing on LTD.
感觉剥夺会改变视觉皮层浅层诱导的突触可塑性特性,在一系列刺激频率下促进长时程增强并减少长时程抑制(LTD)。现有数据与暗饲养动物视觉皮层中LTD机制的下调或NMDA受体功能的上调均相符。在此,我们通过表明剥夺会使频率响应函数发生水平偏移来提供NMDA受体功能增强的证据:响应1Hz刺激时LTD减少,但响应0.5Hz刺激时LTD增加。此外,我们表明部分NMDA受体阻断可急性逆转暗饲养对LTD频率依赖性的影响。最后,我们表明一种能在体内快速下调视觉皮层中NMDA受体功能的操作——短暂光照,也能快速逆转暗饲养对LTD的影响。